Lack of money.

Or rather, the money may be a little out of stock.

Because the "Type 1 high-energy battery" project is expected to cost about 30 billion yuan, but in the actual process, due to the excessive pursuit of speed, as well as additional expenses in terms of tax payment, it will generally be overspent by more than 30%, that is, it will actually cost about 40 billion.

On the side of the dark technology company, through "Intelligent Optimization Assistant", Levi has made a net profit of about 30 billion.

It's just that the market is basically saturated at present, even if Dark Technology lets down its vigilance and cooperates with domestic mobile phone manufacturers such as Huayao, Rice, VO, etc., to integrate the "Intelligent Optimization Assistant" into the factory system of these mobile phones.

That is, the mobile phone market in Xia Kingdom, how much mobile phone shipments are made every year, and how many mobile phones can be collected by dark technology.

Coupled with smart TVs, speakers, watches, in-vehicle systems and other Internet of Things hardware, if Dark Technology is willing to dig deeper, there is no problem in making tens of billions of net profits every year.

In theory, Levi would not face a financial strain.

However, he squandered 5 billion in a short period of time, consuming a considerable part of the cash flow, resulting in a funding gap in the battery factory, which is expected to have a funding gap in half a year.

In addition, after the completion of the battery factory, the mass production of type 1 high-energy batteries will be realized, but the production cost of the early product is very high, the market price must be high, the sales performance will not be too good, and the initial profitability is difficult.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a sufficient amount of funds as a guarantee to let the battery factory tide over the early difficulties.

After doing the math, Levi believes that there is still a funding gap of at least 10 billion.

The profitability of just one "Intelligent Optimization Assistant" can no longer meet all the capital needs in the short term.

So the housekeeper Bowen suggested that a new software product be launched.

"Your Majesty, the potential for optimization assistants is limited, and we need to come up with a new killer software product to open up new markets and generate new profits for the company," Bowen said.

Chen suggested cooperating with a technology company in Xia Guo to launch "Intelligent AI Assistant", which set off an AI revolution in the field of science and technology on the planet and officially entered the era of artificial intelligence! ”

Levi nodded, "I have the same intentions, but which company is more suitable to work with?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that Huayao Company has the strongest technical strength, as long as it can reach cooperation with Huayao, it may only take three months to launch version 1.0 of the "Intelligent AI Assistant" at the earliest."

"No way!"

Levi frowned and said: "Hua Yao didn't think about it, the last time I proposed to cooperate, they actually refused, since they missed the opportunity, then there is no second time." ”

Huayao Company was excluded by him.

So which tech company is the right one to work with?

Livi handed over this task to Shu Yuhui and asked her to post an invitation, saying that in the hands of dark technology, there is the world's most advanced AI technology, and that company is interested in cooperation, you can apply, and the two sides will cooperate to develop "Intelligent AI Assistant" that redefines "artificial intelligence" in the real sense.

……

Three days later.

Veegoo Technology Park, Dark Tech Inc., Conference Room.

Several special guests were welcomed.

The middle-aged man in the lead, wearing a suit, a baby face, and a magnetic voice, is none other than Lei Xiaojun, the president of Rice Technology Company.

Sitting on the opposite side of the desk, looking at the young Levi who didn't look like words, Lei Xiaojun complimented him repeatedly:

"Mr. Li is young and promising, much stronger than when he was Lei's age, and his future life is terrifying."

"Your company's software optimization technology is also far ahead of its peers, and its profound technical strength is enviable and admirable."

"Two days ago, I heard that your company has developed the most advanced intelligent AI technology, which will redefine artificial intelligence, I believe this should not be your exaggeration, if there is really the kind of technology that is advertised, Rice Technology is willing to cooperate with your company to jointly devote itself to the development and application of "Intelligent AI Assistant"!"

Lei Xiaojun said, his attitude was quite sincere.

But in fact, he is also skeptical in his heart, and he is not very sure that dark technology really has such strong strength.

It is equivalent to the LV8 intelligence level of an "eight-year-old human...... What does this mean exactly?

Ordinary people may have no concept, but Lei Xiaojun, who graduated from computer science and was born as an engineering student, how could he not know.

Because the so-called "AI technology" is just pseudo-artificial intelligence based on the big data system, once it loses the support of big data, it will immediately become an artificial intellectual disability, and those functions that seem to be quite intelligent will all disappear.

Even if there is a complete big data system, as a support, the existing AI technology cannot achieve absolute intelligence.

For example, for some "AI voices", for simple questions such as "how many is 1+1 in mathematics", you only need to change the format of the question, such as "1 plus how many equals 2", you will not be able to answer it immediately, and it will become an artificial intellectual disability.

There are infinite combinations of language expressions, and it is impossible for databases to cover all of them, except for a few specific scenarios, and not for all domains.

For example, if you can beat the world champion Alpha dog in Go, you can only play Go to the point where you are invincible, but you can't play chess, military chess, or backgammon......

The real "artificial intelligence" means that it can not only have good knowledge memory ability, but also draw inferences from one another, and have the learning ability to deal with various different scenarios.

That is, they can not only answer '1+1 is equal to how many', but also '1+several is equal to 2', '1 times N is equal to how many', and they can not only learn to play Go, but also play chess, military chess and other chess games.

Imagine what would happen if you put an eight-year-old girl into a mobile phone?

Of course, don't dislike the young age of an eight-year-old girl, but in real life, an eight-year-old girl can at least understand the meaning of most words, at least she will not speak mechanically, stiffly, and not too mentally retarded.

For example, asking an eight-year-old girl to help make a phone call, help search for directions, order a takeout, or buy something online will definitely do better than ordinary intelligent AI.

In short, communicating with an eight-year-old girl is much smoother and more flexible than communicating with those intelligent voices.

Once such AI technology is introduced to the market, so that each mobile phone has a "soul", the experience progress brought will be revolutionary.

It is not important for Lei Xiaojun not to pay attention to it.

In addition, he personally came to Tianhai to cooperate with dark technology, which also meant that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor.

Due to the long-term adherence to the cost-effective route, the mobile phones and other products of Rice Technology Company have never been able to sell at high prices, the profitability is weak, and the investment in technology research and development is insufficient, which has led to the continuous decline of Rice Company in recent years and has been left far behind by Huayao Company.

After the rice was listed, the stock price continued to fall and became a "junk stock" on the stock market.

If this continues, the 'cost-effective road' that rice adheres to may prove to be a dead end...... Without the accumulation of core technology, it will eventually be eliminated.

Lei Xiaojun turned white, looking for a way to break through, he tried everything, but it was still difficult to reverse the decline.

The fundamental reason is still a lack of money and technology.

However, the "recruitment order" suddenly issued by the dark technology company immediately attracted him, and his heart moved, and he thought that the technical strength of dark technology has been reflected through the "Intelligent Optimization Assistant", and the so-called "Intelligent AI Assistant" may or may not be real.

So, he personally came to Tianhai to see if he could reach a cooperation.

……

Levi was very satisfied with Lei Xiaojun's positive attitude and said: "Since we said that there is the best AI technology, we will never lie to people!" ”

"But to complete this project, we need to buy an exascale supercomputer and build an intelligent cloud server...... The investment in hardware and software may add up to tens of billions! ”

"These costs have to be borne by the rice company, and Dark Technology only provides technical services."

"In addition, after the launch of "Intelligent AI Assistant", we will charge a certain fee for every mobile phone equipped with AI assistant sold by Rice...... Of course, you can buy out the technology, but you shouldn't be able to come up with that much money. ”

Levi also knows a little about Rice Technology, which is poor.

Hear these words.

Lei Xiaojun was in a dilemma.

Tens of billions of dollars have been invested, and so much money has been taken out of rice? Shelling out a billion is the limit.

However, if you can't get the money, it will be difficult to reach cooperation, and waiting for the rice company will continue to worsen the predicament.

What should he do?